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Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin

Iowa rates for HCPCS 87803

A rapid laboratory test on a stool sample that looks for a toxin produced by Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea, often after a course of antibiotics. The result is read visually and is available quickly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Stool Test For C. Difficile Toxin cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$12.30 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$15.85 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $47Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$37.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$18.62

ND $26.92CT $10.96

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.